"Two men, one ultimatum and one aim: a Magpie flag"
Caroline Wilson – The Age
“THE Collingwood coaching inheritance came down in the end to two men and one ultimatum: ‘‘Do you really want me around?’’ Nathan Buckley asked Mick Malthouse.”
"New role made for Malthouse"
Martin Boulton – The Age
“COLLINGWOOD coach Mick Malthouse has two more years beyond this season to win the club’s 15th flag, but regardless he will become the club’s first director of coaching in 2012.”
"McGuire dares to dream of a match made in the stars"
Samantha Lane – The Age
“A horoscope gave a clue to the top Pie's dream. IT WAS written in the stars. Eddie McGuire’s stars at least.”
"A Collingwood coup, but will it bring a flag?"
Greg Baum – The Age
“EDDIE McGuire says he has spoken to both Paul Keating and Peter Costello about their botched plans for seamless succession to the prime ministership, ‘‘Kirribillis’’ in the Australian vernacular.”
“Club sponsor lauds Pies’ ‘good news’”
Jesse Hogan and Mark Hawthorne – The Age
“Football club sponsors usually only make the news when one of the club’s players does something bad.”
“Is it two bulls in a paddock, or a Magpie masterstroke?”
Jake Niall – The Age
“The skepticism started yesterday before the Kirri-Buckley deal was announced.”
“Eddie McGuire's Collingwood coaching masterstroke”
Damian Barrett – Herald Sun
“The unprecedented transfer-of-power agreement announced by Collingwood yesterday was clinched on Saturday morning when five men gathered in the Jolimont offices of Eddie McGuire”
"Collingwood heads amicably into the unknown"
Mike Sheahan – Herald Sun
“ON ALL the available evidence, Michael Malthouse is remarkably accommodating of Collingwood's radical new coaching arrangement.”
“Magpies bullish about smooth transition plan”
Stephen Rielly – The Australian
“MICK Malthouse and the man who will replace him as Collingwood coach in 2012, Nathan Buckley, have described the club's succession plan as enlightened but concede people will be sceptical about "two bulls working in the one paddock" for the next five years.”
“Coaching pact too much for Barassi”
Peter Lalor – The Australian
“Ron Barassi knew it couldn’t work 45 years ago so it is hard to understand why Eddie McGuire thinks it can work in 2012."
